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September 26, 2014
One of the largest agricultural companies in the world has pledged to extend its zero deforestation commitments from just the palm oil sector to its entire supply chain. Read more
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September 25, 2014
Sitting in the towering United Nation's building on New York's east side, it might be hard for world leaders to picture a destroyed forest, but I know just how depressing the site is. Read more
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September 24, 2014
One of the major announcements made at yesterday's UN Climate Summit was the New York Declaration of Forests, a public-private partnership with the ambitious goals of ending deforestation by 2030 and restoring 150 million hectares of degraded... Read more
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May 9, 2013
If ever there was a time for activist networks and the body politic to cooperate and unite forces, it's now. Global warming, driven in large part by the reckless business-as-usual practices of multi-billion-dollar fossil fuel and agribusiness... Read more
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March 14, 2013
The number of monarch butterflies making it to their winter refuge in Mexico dropped 59 percent this year, falling to the lowest level since comparable record-keeping began 20 years ago, scientists reported Wednesday. Read more
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October 12, 2012
The company's rainforest commitment will influence the operations of 25,000 factories in more than 100 countries. Read more
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October 8, 2012
Genetically modified (GM) trees have been engaging both last week's COP-MOP 6 on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and COP-11 on the Convention on Biological Diversity. Read more
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August 17, 2012
Ever since the country adopted the US dollar as its official currency in 2000, Ecuadorians have suffered rising food prices along with hunger and malnourishment. Read more
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March 21, 2012
If any insect species can be described as charismatic minifauna, it's the monarch butterfly. The gorgeous creatures flutter about in a migratory range that stretches from the northern part of South America up into Canada. Read more
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March 14, 2012
Even the introduction of non-GE tree monocultures has been proven to have an incredibly damaging effect on local eco-systems and communities. Eucalyptus trees are already considered to be an invasive species in Florida and California and have a... Read more
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